Press Advisory
FOR RELEASE: January 7, 2015
CONTACT: Stephanie Niedringhaus, 202-347-9797 x224, [email protected]

Leaders in Congress, Faith, Labor, Environmental and Consumer Advocacy to Show Breadth of Opposition to Fast Track Authority

WASHINGTON, DC—Members of Congress, union and environmental activists, faith leaders and consumer advocates will stand together this Thursday at 11:00 a.m. to show the breadth of opposition to Fast Track Authority. A proposal to grant these powers to President Obama, which would allow trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to be rammed through Congress with little debate or transparency, is expected to be unveiled early this year. The Obama Administration is currently working to finalize the TPP, a twelve-nation, NAFTA-style trade pact that will destroy American jobs and threaten food safety.

Who:         Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY)

Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR)

Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH)

Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)

Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN)

Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL)

Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD)

Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI)

Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI)

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI)

 Sister Simone Campbell; Executive Director; NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America

Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO

Hilary O. Shelton, Director of the Washington Bureau/Senior Vice President for Advocacy, NAACP

Tony Corbo, Food and Water Watch

Ellen Bloom; Senior Director Washington Office and Federal Policy; Consumers Union

Debbie Sease, Federal Campaign Director, Sierra Club

When:     Thursday, January 8, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. EST

Where:    234 Cannon House Office Building

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